I have been appealing my insurance company's denial of therapy benefits. My contract says that I'm entitled to 30 visits a year and unlimited visits if I have a biologically based disorder. I'm out of my 30 visits. So, T changed my diagnosis to anxiety and we asked for unlimited visits and they were denied. I appealed to the NYS insurance department who supposedly had an independent psychologist review my case and his decision was horrible. I feel so violated and disgusting.

He said that I have been in therapy for 4 years (most of it every other week) and that I should have been able to reap all the benefits that psychotherapy has to offer. He also said that his recommendation is that I be terminated but given 6 termination sessions and that I should be referred to outside agencies, support groups, etc.

He signed an affidavit saying that he was a neuropsychologist who has been in practice for 25 years and he's been published in so many journals, etc. etc. I mean, sometimes I wonder why my T doesn't give up on me because I don't think I make much progress. But I don't really want to go there in my head. It's not a nice place. As long as he doesn't give up on me, I'll keep trying to keep my head afloat.

I can't understand why he would recommend termination? Why does he care how long I go to therapy for? It made me feel like my relationship with my T is sick and pathological. I got the letter yesterday an hour before my appointment and nearly lost it. T doesn't agree with the recommendation at all (hey I'm finally starting to trust him after all this time) but he hadn't gotten the letter when I saw him yesterday.

T basically told me that these psychologists are given bonuses to deny people benefits. But what's bothering me today is how he could make such a drastic recommendation with so few facts? The only thing I could think of is that he was covering the insurance company's butt if I decided to sue.

I want Yaku's insurance company.